Today we are going to take it a little easier and simply pose some questions…without suggesting any answers.  Hopefully some of you readers will be able to provide those. 

Question No. 1:  Should the City pass through to residents all costs it incurs to third-parties for services provided to residents (e.g., the increase in water costs imposed by the City of Chicago) at 100% of the City’s cost?

Question No. 2:  Should the City continue to run budget deficits rather than increase taxes?

Question No. 3:  Do local political parties (e.g., the old “Homeowners Party” or the new “Citizens for Non-Partisan Local Elections”) help or hurt the local political process?

Question No. 4:  Does the General Caucus really improve the quality of the members elected to the District 64 school board?

Question No. 5:  Do the two local newspapers – The Journal and the Herald-Advocate – do an acceptable job of reporting local news?

Question No. 6:  Should the cost of all Park Ridge Recreation and Park District services, including Community Center membership, be “free” to residents (i.e., paid totally by property taxes, which would need to be increased for that purpose)?

Question No. 7:  Should the City acquire private property whenever it becomes available and “bank” it, even when it has no immediate, concrete plans for its use (as in the Courtland property immediately south of City Hall)?

Question No. 8:  How much more per year are you willing to pay in property taxes to the City for some form of meaningful, city-wide flood control?

Question No. 9:  Should the City continue its new practice of Committee-Of-the-Whole meetings or return to separate, individual committee meetings?

Question No. 10:  Should all of our local governments videotape and post the videos of their meetings on-line? 

Have at ‘em!